USESEA046 Post-Yugoslav Politics

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2019
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Guaranteed by
Institute of Central European Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Prerequisites
Expert Knowledge:
Students demonstrate the knowledge of key factors related to the political development of the former Yougoslavian countries; they know the main couses of the disintegration of Yugoslavia, the main failures of self-governing socialism, the political system of the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia and the role of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia. Students understand the main problems of the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia that led to its disintegration; they know further political development of these countries and the reasons for delayed democratization and problems of democratic consolidation that were caused by extensive political instability in this space. Students know contemporary party systems and political systems in the given countries and the main problems in these countries that continue up to the present. They demonstrate the knowledge of basic source texts related to the research of political and party systems in the above stated countries.
Expert Skills:
Students are able to look up and sort out relevant information according to defined methodological, formal and content requirements, and to continue to find out new topic-related information. They are able to write a seminar paper on a given topic related to the disintegration of Yugoslavia, the transition and consolidation of democracy in the countries of former Yugoslavia. Students demonstrate the ability of independent critial analysis of contemporary politics of post-Yugoslavian countries and are able to apply theoretical knowledge. They demonstrate the skills of using qualitative and quantitative methods of social science, and applying them in the sphere of research of political environment in the countries of former Yugoslavia, as well as to compare it with the environment in Central European countries. Students are able to put the acquired knowledge into mutual relationships and to analyze them critically.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the subject is to familiarize students with political development of the former Yugoslavian countries and to provide the comparison with the Central Europe space. During the course students will be presented with the main differences between the form of Communism in Central and Eastern Europe and the Yugoslavian specific model of the so-called self-governing socialism. The subject also deals with the very difficult coexistence of the individual Yugoslavian republics and autonomous areas, their difficult cooperation with the common state federal institutions and the main factors that led to the disintegration of the Socialistic Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The subject also deals with the war conflicts in the region of former Yugoslavia and their effect on further political development of these countries. The subject also deals with contemporary political and party systems in the countries of former Yugoslavia and compares their general features with the countries of Central Europe. On the completion of the course, students will be able to orient themselves in the problem issues related to the disintegration of Yugoslavia, subsequent wars and will understand current politics of the former Yugoslavian countries.
Syllabus
  • 1. Yugoslavia after the World War II; political development.
    2. Specific features of Yugoslavian self-governing socialism, the comparison with other Communist countries.
    3. The problems of Yugoslavia after the death of Tito. Economic and political crisis. The disintegration of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia.
    4. Yugoslavian republics in the proces of transition. The comparison with the development in Central Europe.
    5. Interrupted democratization; the disintegration of Yugoslavia and the war in 1991-1995.
    6. The states of former Yugoslavia after the Dayton Peace. Consociational democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
    7. The problems of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The Kosovo Crisis and the international intervention. The stance of Central European countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) on the Kosovo crisis resolution.
    8. The overthrow of Slobodan Milosevic's regime and the democratization of Serbia.
    9. The declaration of independence of Montenegro and Kosovo.
    10. Political and party systems in current post-Yugoslavian countries.
    11. The party system differences in the countries of Central Europe and Western Balkans.
    12. Central Europe and the post-Yugoslavian space.
Literature
    required literature
  • STOJAROVÁ, V. a EMERSON, P. (eds.). Party Politics in Western Balkans. London, 2010. ISBN 0-415-55099-8. info
  • COHEN, L. J. a DRAGOVIĆ-SOSO, J. (eds.). State Collapse in South-Eastern Europe: New Perspectives on Yugoslavia´s Disintegration. West Lafayette, 2008. ISBN 978-1-55753-460-6. info
  • RAMET, S. P. a PAVLAKOVIĆ, V. Serbia since 1989. Politics and Society under Milošević and after. Washington, 2007. ISBN 978-0-98650-6. info
  • PIRJEVEC, J. Jugoslávie 1918 - 1992. Vznik, vývoj a rozpad Karadjordjevićovy a Titovy Jugoslávie. Praha, 2000. ISBN 80-7203-277-1. info
  • WOODWARD, S. L. Balkan Tragedy. Chaos and Dissolution after the Cold War. Washington, 1995. ISBN 0-8157-9513-0. info
    recommended literature
  • ŠTĚPÁNEK, V. Jugoslávie - Srbsko - Kosovo. Kosovská otázka ve 20. století. Brno, 2011. ISBN 978-80-210-5476-9. info
  • BUJWID-KUREK, E. Państwa pojugosłowiańskie. Szkice politologiczne. Kraków, 2008. ISBN 978-83-233-2495-9. info
  • MALEŠEVIĆ, S. Ideology, legitimancy and the new state. London, 2002. ISBN 0-7146-5215-6. info
  • COHEN, L. Serpent in Bosom. The Rise and Fall of Slobodan Milošević. Colorado, 2001. ISBN 8-8133-2902-7. info
  • ŠESTÁK, M. a kol. Dějiny jihoslovanských zemí. Praha, 2001. ISBN 80-7106-266-9. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Credit requirements: during the term, students will make a presentation and a seminar paper on a selected topic. Besides regular reading assignments, active student participation in seminar discussions is expected.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2014, Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2018.
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